Mark Ruffalo: Thank God for Fracking (and for Josh Fox)

Mark Ruffalo on the bank of the Delaware River in Callicoon, N.Y., April 15, 2011. (Photo: Jennifer May / The New York Times)

Actor/Director Mark Ruffalo, a resident of Sullivan Co, NY, talks to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about the impact of Irene on an area where big energy companies want to "hydro-frack" for gas. The threats to water and soil are extreme, he says.

Best-selling author and broadcaster Laura Flanders interviews forward thinking people from the worlds of politics, business, culture and social movements on her internationally syndicated TV program, "The Laura Flanders Show." It airs weekly on KCET/LinkTV, FreeSpeech TV, and in English and Spanish in teleSUR. Flanders is also a contributing writer to The Nation and YES! Magazine ("Commonomics") and a regular guest on MSNBC. She is the author of six books, including The New York Times best-seller, BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species (Verso, 2004) and Blue GRIT: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians (Penguin Press, 2007). "The Laura Flanders Show" first aired on Air America Radio from 2004 to 2008. You can find all her archives and more at Lauraflanders.com or via Twitter @GRITlaura.

Mark Ruffalo: Thank God for Fracking (and for Josh Fox)

Mark Ruffalo on the bank of the Delaware River in Callicoon, N.Y., April 15, 2011. (Photo: Jennifer May / The New York Times)

Actor/Director Mark Ruffalo, a resident of Sullivan Co, NY, talks to Laura Flanders of GRITtv about the impact of Irene on an area where big energy companies want to "hydro-frack" for gas. The threats to water and soil are extreme, he says.

Best-selling author and broadcaster Laura Flanders interviews forward thinking people from the worlds of politics, business, culture and social movements on her internationally syndicated TV program, "The Laura Flanders Show." It airs weekly on KCET/LinkTV, FreeSpeech TV, and in English and Spanish in teleSUR. Flanders is also a contributing writer to The Nation and YES! Magazine ("Commonomics") and a regular guest on MSNBC. She is the author of six books, including The New York Times best-seller, BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species (Verso, 2004) and Blue GRIT: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians (Penguin Press, 2007). "The Laura Flanders Show" first aired on Air America Radio from 2004 to 2008. You can find all her archives and more at Lauraflanders.com or via Twitter @GRITlaura.